Undergraduate Research Conferences and Journals

Undergraduate students in English and humanities have multiple opportunities to present work at local, regional, or national conferences and symposia, or to publish in undergraduate research journals. I’ve collected a few possible venues below; if you know of others, please send them to me, and I’ll add them to the list.

If you are interested in proposing a conference presentation or submitting to a journal, I strongly recommend talking to at least one professor first–preferably the one for whom you did the work you’ll be submitting. Papers you wrote for class will need to be revised to appeal to your new audience, purpose, and format. You’ll also want to get advice on how the submission process works, how to find a suitable outlet, what you need to send (and not send), and how to write a submission that’s likely to succeed.

Journals

The following journals publish undergraduate research in literature and the humanities. Read a few of their recent articles to see if the journal is a good fit for your research, both in subject and style, and then carefully review their submission guidelines before preparing your manuscript for submission. Circulate your manuscript draft among your peers and at least one professor for feedback before you send it off.